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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cempaka" data-source="post: 319450" data-attributes="member: 7014">Just forget autoboxes, make the best of it and go for a manual swap, it will be worth it in the end.:top:  BMW actually has tons of variations in specifications and components used, especially in the E30/E36 era.  Specs not only differed by country, but  even within a factory the parts used varied sometimes even depending on the time of year the car was built (in Germany too).  There are many discussions on overseas BMW forums about this same thing, so it's not something that's unique to Malaysia, but definitely frustrating all the same.As far as the repairs you've had to do, a lot of the forummers here have pretty similar stories to tell, I also spent 10k right after buying just to get the car running properly. It's part of buying a 2nd hand car sometimes unfortunately.  And it's worth considering that if the previous owners managed to destroy all the other parts of the car, they may also be responsible for the gearbox problems.</blockquote>